Micah 4:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֣ה מִגְדַּל־עֵ֗דֶר עֹ֛פֶל בַּת־צִיּ֖וֹן עָדֶ֣יךָ תֵּאתֶ֑ה וּבָאָ֗ה הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה מַמְלֶ֖כֶת לְבַ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

And-ʾattāh migdal-ʿēder ʿōpel bat-ṣiyyôn unto-you tēʾteh; and-bāʾāh the-memšālāh the-riʾšōnāh mamləket to-bat yərûšālāim.

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾattāh*: conjunction + 2nd masculine singular pronoun - and you
*migdal*: masculine singular construct - tower of
*ʿēder*: masculine singular noun - flock
*ʿōpel*: masculine singular noun - hill/mound/stronghold
*bat*: feminine singular construct - daughter of
*ṣiyyôn*: proper name - Zion
*ʿādeykā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - unto you
*tēʾteh*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will come
*û-bāʾāh*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and will come
*ha-memšālāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the dominion/rule
*hā-riʾšōnāh*: definite article + feminine singular adjective - the first/former
*mamləket*: feminine singular construct - kingdom of
*lə-bat*: preposition + feminine singular construct - to daughter of
*yərûšālāim*: proper name - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*migdal-ʿēder*: tower of the flock/watchtower of the flock
*ʿōpel*: hill/mound/stronghold/fortified height
*bat-ṣiyyôn*: daughter of Zion/population of Zion
*tēʾteh*: it will come/arrive/happen
*memšālāh*: dominion/rule/authority
*riʾšōnāh*: first/former/previous
*mamləket*: kingdom/kingship/royal power

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Referenced Verses

Zech 9:10 : 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Zech 9:12 : 12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
Matt 21:33 : 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Mark 12:1 : 1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Eph 1:21 : 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Gen 35:21 : 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
Num 24:19 : 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
2 Sam 5:7 : 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
Ps 48:12-13 : 12 Walk about{H8798)} Zion, and go round about{H8685)} her: tell{H8798)} the towers thereof. 13 Mark{H8798)} ye well her bulwarks, consider{H8761)} her palaces; that ye may tell{H8762)} it to the generation following.
Isa 1:26 : 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Isa 5:2 : 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Isa 10:32 : 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Dan 7:18 : 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Obad 1:21 : 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

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